Why not go on strike?

Has anyone ever done a study to back up those numbers?

Has anyone ever done a study to see how many of those journo grads are broadcast vs. print?

 

I don't really go out seeking this information, but I've never even heard of any journalism unions. And it's hard to organize a strike without a union.

 

Yes4

 

Especially if you're a writer. Most shops, big, little, shitty or great, get resumes in the triple digits. Ask for anything more than a stick of gum, and they'll wave bon voyage as the next crop of resumes comes rolling in.

 

http://www.newsguild.org/

 

Wasn't the big problem for the Guild in Detroit was that reporters were coming in from other papers in the chain to work?

I'm pro-union but I understand if someone has a family to support and a mortgage to pay. I draw the line at someone flying across two time zones to cross a picket line.

 

In Youngstown, they were flying in scabs from New Orleans.